The star has given the full amount of his £25k honor winnings to the MVT, which works to save the UK's grassroots live music spots.
He was given the cheque on 16 October as his third album the album was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages played in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the performances I played around the area, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped venues that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted funding support in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The concept that funds from concerts in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When they won the prize in 1996 for their record their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would donate their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite divided her award between several charities, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," she shared with outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their funds to the local youth club that supported their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients they donated their award to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the illness.
"Winning was ample," stated artist the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning touched another person's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had saved several grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and the other in the city were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by a national body and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
